Amusement device



Aug. 14, 1945; H, mm 2,382,513

AMIUSEMENT DEVICE.

' Fi ed Nov. 29, 1943 "HH MINI-I Q-J/Z I v I .fienryglz nyer Patented Aug. 14, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 AMUSEMENT DEVIGE Henry Singer,-Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application November 29, 1943, Serial No. 512,188

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an amusement device and has relation more particularly to such a device of a tethered projectile and target type, and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind which in its use will require considerable skill in addition to providing amusement.

It is another object of the invention to provide a device of this kind wherein the target constitutes a paddle provided with spaced members between which a tethered projectile is adapted to be engaged in a manner to determine the scoring value of the plays.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved amusement device whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in plan of an amusement device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in Figure 1, the target T comprises a fiat paddle of desired dimensions and which is provided with an extended handle member I herein disclosed as integral with the target T or paddle as it may be called.

One fiat faceof the target or paddle T is entirely smooth and unobstructed while the opposed flat face of the target or paddle'T inwardly of its axial center but at its transverse center is provided with an upstanding shank 2 surrounded by a plurality 6f additional upstanding shanks 3 in radial alignment therewith and herein disclosed as equidistantly spaced around the shank 2. The shanks v2 and 3 are each provided therealong with the sharp threads a.

The flat face of the target or paddle T from which the shanks 2 and 3 extend is provided with the lines 4 which radiate from the shank 2. Each of these lines 4 extends from the shank 2 to one of the shanks 3 and for a desired distance beyond such shank 3.

The paddle or target T is provided in the space between the outer extremities of each pair of adjacent lines 4 with a scoring indication 5 which may be as desired. In the present embodiment of the invention, these scoring indications are increased by ten from 10 to 60. They are not, however, arranged consecutively but so arranged as to position the higher scoring values at such locations which are believed to be the most diflicult to score.

The shanks 2 and 3 are at the handle side of the longitudinal center of the target or paddle T and the outer end portion of the target or paddle T at the transverse center thereof or at a point longitudinally aligned with the shank 2, has anchored thereto, as at 6, an end portion of an elastic tether l of desired length. The opposite or outer end portion of the tether 1 is suitably connected, as at 8, to an aerial projectile 9, herein disclosed as a spherical body.

This spherical body 9 is produced from a suitable pliable material and is of a diameter slightly in excess of the distance between adjacent shanks 3 and between the shank 2 and each of the shanks 3. At this time it is to be particularly pointed out that adjacent shanks 3 are spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the distance between the shank 2 and each of the shanks 3. y

In the use of the device, the projectile 9 is struck by the target or paddle T by contacttherewith of either of the flat surfaces and with suiiicient impact to cause stretching of the ether 1 to assure a forcible return of the projectile 9. In the use of the device it is the purpose to so manipulate the target or paddle T to allow the projectile 9 to be received and engaged between adjacent shanks 3 or within a triangular pocket as aiTorded by two adjacent shanks 3 and the central shank 2. When the projectile 9 is captured within one of the triangular pockets, the player is entitled to the lowest score which, in the present instance, is 10, but when the projectile 9 is caught and held only between two adjacent shanks 3, the score for the player will be as determined by the adjacent scoring value 5. It is of particular importance to have the shanks 2 and 3 surrounded by the sharp threads a as this makes possible the desired holding of the projectile 9 between adjacent shanks 3 or a triangular pocket as aiforded by the shanks 2 and 3.

It is also to be noted that the outer ends b of the shanks 2 and 3 are flat. so that the projectile 9 will not be impaled upon any of such shanks and also to prevent accidental pricking of the fingers of the player or other injury.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that an amusement device constructed in accordance with my invention is par i y well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

What is claimed is:

1. An amusement device of the class described comprising a paddle target, a projectile, a tether connnecting the projectile to the target, and a plurality of shanks extending from a face of the target, certain of said shanks being equidistantly spaced around one of the shanks, the distance between the equidistantly spaced shanks being substantially equal to the space between each of said shanks and the central shank, the projectile substantially equal to the space between each of said shanks and the central shank, the projectile being of a diameter in excess of each of the spaces between said shanks, each of said shanks being exteriorly threaded, said threads being sharp.

3. An amusement device, comprising a paddle target, a projectile, a tether connecting such projectile to the target, a plurality of pin members arranged in a circle on and projecting from one face of the paddle target, a pin member projecting fromsaid face at the center of the circle defined by the plurality of members, the space between any two adjacent pin members being slightly less than the diameter of the projectile, the projectile being formed of yieldable material, and each of said pin members having encircling ribs extending throughout the length thereof.

4. An amusement device of the character set forth'in claim 3, in which said pins comprise relatively long screws extending through the paddle target and having the free ends blunt.

HENRY SINGER. 

